Target Validation Scientist

CK Group are recruiting for a Target Validation Scientist, to join a global pharmaceutical company, on a contract basis, initially for 12 months, inside IR35.
 

Salary:
 
£20.68 – £35.00 per hour PAYE or £28.00 – £40.00 per hour Umbrella.
 
 
Target Validation Scientist Role:

• You will be part of a multi-disciplinary department, focusing on the discovery, validation, and mechanism of action of novel drug targets for diseases with high unmet patient need.
• Studying immunological disease pathways and biology, to generate novel insights into potential therapeutic opportunities in areas of unmet need.
• Setting up new and running new collaborations with state-of the-art researchers on auto-immune relevant biological pathways and disease models with the aim of identifying new disease-drug target links.
• Performing drug tractability and validation experiments, such as Gain of Function /Loss of Function assays, cell culture, flow cytometry, imaging, and other techniques.
• Produce detailed experimental write-ups and assist in producing and collating procedures, guidelines and reports.

 
Your Background:

• Background in immunology or related field.
• Experience in a range of cellular and molecular biology techniques – for example: cell culture, flow cytometry, high content imaging, IHC, ELISA or MSD, Western blotting, qPCR, transfection/siRNA/CRISPR gene-editing.
• Experience with use of bioinformatic tools to visualize and analyse large datasets.
• BSc (or equivalent) with more than 2 years of industry experience, or a PhD/post-doc.
• Practical experience of bioinformatic techniques and basic coding skills would be advantageous.

 
Company:
 
Our client is a global biopharmaceutical company, focused on creating value for people living with severe diseases in immunology and neurology, now and into the future.
 

Location: 
 
This role is based at our client’s site in Slough.
 

Apply:
 
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 138 956 in all correspondence.
 

Please note: 
 
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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